Proven Tips To Mastering Hormones

The hormone system is one of the most important systems in the body. It regulates everything from metabolism and sleep to mood and energy levels. Hormones control everything from muscle growth to fat loss and even your ability to lose body fat. If you want to get the most out of your workouts, it's important that you understand what hormones are, how they work, and how to manage them for optimal results.

Hormones are the chemical messengers that control and regulate all aspects of our lives. They regulate our sleep cycles, our moods, how we react to stress and how we metabolize food.

If you have hormonal imbalances, it can affect everything from your moods to your weight loss goals and even your quality of life. These imbalances can be caused by a number of factors including poor diet and stress.

Here are 7 proven tips that will help you master hormonal balance:

1. Eat a diet that supports your body's natural hormone production.

The foods you eat and the nutrients you take in can either support or sabotage your hormones. By eating a diet rich in foods that provide vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and other nutrients that support hormonal balance, you can help keep your hormones working at their best. Decrease or eliminate inflammatory foods. Eat more healthy fats. Eat mindfully and cut down on alcohol.

2. Stop stressing about stress!

Stress is one of the leading causes of hormone imbalance because it throws off all the other systems in our bodies (including our hormones). The way we react to stress is also important; negative emotions such as anger, worry or frustration will make it worse by causing more stress, which affects our hormones. Positive emotions such as gratitude and joy have been shown to reduce chronic stress levels, as well as improve overall health and well being!

3. Get plenty of sleep!

Sleep affects all aspects of our lives including our mental health and moods, energy levels, productivity at work and even physical performance during workouts – not to mention our reproductive health! Sleep deprivation has been linked to lower progesterone levels (which can cause PMS symptoms), anxiety disorders and depression among other things – so getting enough shut-eye is very important when maintaining hormonal balance!

4. Eat more protein and a low-carb diet (do not eliminate carbs)

Protein intake helps stabilize blood sugar levels by increasing glucagon secretion — another hormone that works against insulin by encouraging glucose release into your bloodstream .A low-carb diet is one of the best ways to control insulin levels and improve metabolic health. Insulin is a hormone that controls blood sugar levels, which directly affects energy levels and hunger levels throughout the day. Eating too many carbohydrates can spike your insulin levels, which makes you feel tired and lethargic after meals. Moreover, eating too many carbs may also encourage weight gain due to increased fat storage when insulin levels are high.

5. Exercise

Exercise releases endorphins which make us feel happy and good about ourselves. It also increases our energy levels so we have more energy to do the things we love to do. Exercise also helps us sleep better at night because it helps our bodies wind down from a busy day. Avoid high intensity workouts and try doing it three days per week of low cardio, resistance rest based training for 30-45 minutes per session at least three times per week and add in some leisure walks on the other days to help reduce your cortisol stress hormone. You'll see results quickly!

6. Find a community

Find a community of like-minded women that can be there to support you on your journey (DNG Fitness is a great place to start as we are all like minded women workout out together).

Having a hobby that you enjoy doing is also another great way to get with a community of people who enjoy the same things as you. It helps release stress and bring down your cortisol stress hormone levels.

7. Ditch the Caffeine

Try and reduce and then eliminate your caffeine intake everyday. Caffeine has a deeper effect in our system than we realise. It increases our sensitivity to anxiousness, increases our cortisol levels and also affects our sleep (which could be one of the reasons you are waking up at night for no reason). If you need that energy kick or just like a nice warm cup in your hand try turning towards more natural alternatives such as green tea, matcha or peppermint.